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What (who) is tune - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tune (disambiguation)
tune
<jargon> (From musical, possibly via automotive, usage) To
optimise a program or system for a particular environment,
especially by adjusting numerical parameters designed as
hooks for tuning, e.g. by changing "#define" lines in C.
One may "tune for time" (fastest execution), "tune for space"
(least memory use), or "tune for configuration" (most
efficient use of hardware).
See bum, hot spot, hand-hacking.
[Jargon File ]
(1999-06-05)
tune
I
n.
melody
1) to compose, write a tune
2) to hum; play; sing; whistle a tune (to play a tune on the piano)
3) to carry ('sing the notes of') a tune
4) a tune of, to (the tune to a song)
5) a catchy; lilting tune
6) in tune; out of tune (to sing in tune; she was playing out of tune)
7) to a tune (to dance to a tune)
agreement
8) in tune with (in tune with the times)
9) out of tune with
attitude
(colloq.)
10) to change one's tune
misc.
(colloq.)
11) to call the tune ('to be in command'); to sing a different tune ('to begin to act differently'); to the tune of ('approximately')
II
v. (d; tr.) to tune to (we tune dour sets to the local station)
Tune
·noun A sound; a note; a tone.
II. Tune ·vt To sing with melody or harmony.
III. Tune ·vt To put into a proper state or disposition.
IV. Tune ·vi To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.
V. Tune ·noun Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.
VI. Tune ·vt To give tone to; to Attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
VII. Tune ·vi To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to Hum.
VIII. Tune ·vt To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.
IX. Tune ·noun The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
X. Tune ·noun A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. ·see Air.
Examples of use of tune
1. Case history No. 512: Melanie Although Melanie was unable to carry a tune, or spell the word "tune," her early admission to Yale, based on her hit song, "My Tune Is Your Tune, Too," typifies the success Mr.
2. In this second wave, 6% of headteachers said she was in tune with schools‘ needs on "most issues" and 37% said she was in tune on "some issues". This is up on her showing in wave one, where 4% said she was in tune on most issues and 34% said she was in tune on some.
3. And… (thinks) to be fair, we all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur.
4. Precisely no one thought the education secretary was in tune with heads on all issues, with only 5% believing she was in tune on most issues.
5. The tune was Hawa Dolo, from his album The Source.